I guess this is why government companies fail and we get more and more private companies in on public sector jobs. Like the uk seems to want to do now. How is the iPad/iPhone any better than anything else for blind people. Serious question. Myself I find my android phone with its small screen much more useful than apples offerings. For a start much of the software is free on android and paid for on iWhatevers. I find the iPad heavy to hold for any length of time. I prefer swype on the android for input. Al
-----Original Message----- From: Christof Wollenhaupt That is true and might explain our different perception... Where I live blind people are organized in quite powerful groups. Our governments pay blind people an extra allowance each months that is supposed to offset any extra cost caused by being blind. Public employers are also required to favor blind persons (or people with any disability, for that matter). At the work place the employer is required to provide necessary tools. At home, though, it's health insurance that covers a lot of expenses. Like everywhere in the world health reimbursements have been reduced here. For instance, they used to pay for a full braille line (80 characters), yet are down to 40 characters now. The iPhone (mostly, less the iPad) is cheaper than many tools specifically designed for blind people, but helps tremendously outside of work where efficiency isn't a matter, but independence and flexibility are. Christof --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/781BD7CB7A9F4881B82D664A4C12C4AA@gslredacer ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
